My practice grows from a compulsion to draw and, later, to paint people. Drawing came instinctively; painting did not. Early frustration with colour, mixing it and truly seeing it, remains part of the challenge. Painting demands persistence, and the process is still absorbing: a continual act of learning.
I work primarily in portraiture, drawn to beauty in both conventional and less obvious forms. Looking closely and for longer, I find subtle beauty in vulnerability, strength, tension, and fleeting emotional states. My work holds both light and shadow, recognising that joy gains meaning through contrast.
Motherhood has become central to my paintings. Watching my children grow is a privilege layered with wonder, love, fear, and guilt. Portraits of them are no longer simple records of childhood, but reflections of my own experience as a mother. Muted palettes and unsettled moods often emerge instinctively, expressing emotions I once felt but could not yet name.